Monday, December 6, 2010

Faces in the Cold

Two carved pumpkins
sit on the edge of the compost pile.

Crumpled and cold,
with gaping grins
and empty eyes,
they slowly sink
back into the the soil.

3 comments:

  1. I think they are getting mean in their old age.

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  2. they look almost comical instead of scary now. have a great day.

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  3. oooooh, poor pumpkin heads! i think they look sad...not mean.

    they look like they're saying "what the heck happened? it was just a couple of weeks ago we were YOUNG,FIRM...in our PRIME!! we had smiling faces! now look at us! we're OLD. and wrinkled! our teeth fell out! the tops of our heads are gone! AAAaaaaarrrgh!!! H E L P !!"

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